I know Tony from Lexus Owners Club, he has worked wonders for the IS200's as they came from the dealership how to say it...."not right" he has from what i have seen a fantastic set up in his garage, and able to perform and show you exactly what he is doing to your cars geometry whilst setting it up!!

I know Tony from Lexus Owners Club, he has worked wonders for the IS200's as they came from the dealership how to say it...."not right" he has from what i have seen a fantastic set up in his garage, and able to perform and show you exactly what he is doing to your cars geometry whilst setting it up!!

Chris

MANY main stealers completely fook up geometry settings . . .

IMVHO, you should never let a stealer loose on alignments. I had my previous S4 done by an official Audi garage (Huntingdon Audi), and they messed it up so badly I had two monster blowouts at three figure speeds on the Autoroute in the south of France! Thankfully Michelin France came to my rescue . . .

Heading up to a local trusted garage to have the geometry on my car sorted. ( Denmead Tyres )

They have a hunters rig. Are the above settings the ones you would recommend getting or would I be much better with getting another "fast road" setting put on?

Cheers

Mat

....Hi Mat, and a Warm Welcome to the forum

I have used Denmead twice (via JKM). I would take their advice as it might be influenced by how your car is individually already set up. My suspension was set up by VWR but yours may never have been specifically set up.

Trying to decide weather to get the WALK and the relevant front bushings to support that done at the same time.

....As soon as you've had WALK and bushings I think you'll need alignment done. So you might be going for an alignment twice in fairly quick succession.

If you are definite about the WALK and bushings (all fronts or just arm to balance WALK), then I would leave the alignment until they are installed and put up with the new tyres without up-to-date alignment as long as as it's not too long.

Keep in mind reducing rear toe in (or even toe out) wil help turning, but at the same time unsettle the rear end. Toe out on rear is too dangerous at higher speeds, so not recommended on street.A slight increase of toe in on front will help turn in and steering response. Again: Don't overdo it.Stop at +15'.